Issue - meetings

Verbal update.

Jerry Hawker provided an update from the Caring Together Partnership Board. The Caring Together Programme was a whole system transformation programme designed to raise the standards and experience of care in Eastern Cheshire, whilst also addressing the significant financial challenges being experienced across the local economy. The Caring Together programme was part of the Pioneer bid and the ambition to integrated care, but also addressed wider challenges in the redesign of acute and specialist services. A Strategic Outline Case has been completed, which outlined the “case for change” and three main priority areas; joining up health and social care, redesigning acute services and increasing efficiency and productivity. Commencing from the 19th September, the statutory bodies represented on the Caring Together Partnership board were presenting the findings of the Strategic Outline case to their Governing bodies/Cabinet.

It was reported that things were progressing well at South Cheshire CCG. A workshop was due to take place on the following day, which was planned to deliver an action plan for the Partnership Board, around co-ordinated care. There were a number of work streams to be considered, along the lines of a vision of the model of care, taking issues forward, leadership of the change, finance and contracting.